Clothes-hanger.



PATENTED OCT. 30, 71906.

I A.YJ. BUTLER.

CLOTHES HANGER. APP LIGATIOX FILED JAILIQ. 1905.

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V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ALFRED J, BUTLER, OF BOSTON,MAssAoHusETTs. I

CLOTHES-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rammed Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed January 19, 1905. Serial No. 241,759.

tion being to provide a device which may be readily attached to thewalls of a closet and be made in compact form and adapted to supportcoats and trousers; and, further, the ob ect of the invention is toprovide a device of the character described in which the different partsare adapted to be detached one from the other and packed in a compactspace for the purpose of shipping or so that they may becarriedconveniently in a trunk or valise. I

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the followlng specification and articularly pointed out in theclaims thereof? Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevationof my improved clotheshanger. Fig. 2 is a section, partly in elevation,taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1 looking toward the left in said figure. Fig.3 is a detail plan view of one of the coat-holders. I

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 5 is a plate adapted to be fastened by screws 6 to thewall of a closet or to any vertical stationary support.

7 and 8 are hooks fast to said plate and projecting forwardly therefrom,each. of said hooks'being provided with a vertical projec- Coat-holders1O 10 are detachably fastened to the hooks 7 and 8, said coat-holderseach consisting of a block 11, provided with a vertical recess 12 in itsunder side, adapted to receive said vertical projection 9. Saidcoat-holder further consists of a wire 13, bent to form a support for acoat, having rounded end portions 14 14 and fastened to the upper sideof the block 11 by ears 15, integral with said block and bent aroundsaid wire, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, whereby said wire is firmlyfastened to said block, said wire and block forming as a whole acoatholder which may be detachably fastened to either of the hooks 7 or8 and preferably constructed to swivel thereon in a horizontal plane. vi

In addition to the coat-holders hereinbefor supporting trousers isprovided upon the lower end of the plate 5, consisting of two lugs 1616, which project forwardly from said late and are each provided in theupper and ower side thereof with notches 17 extending transverselythereacross. The support for the trousers consists of two wires 18 19,slidably connected one to the other by means of eyes 20 and 21 atopposite ends, respectively, of said wires 18 and 19. The wires 18 and19 fore described a device particularly adapted are preferably providedat their free ends I with hooks 22 and 23, respectively. The portion ofthe wires 18 and 19 located between the eyes 20 and 21 are arranged toen age the notches 17 in the lugs 16. It will be seen that the wires 18and 19 extend transversely across the plate 5 upon opposite sidesthereof, so that a garment may be hung u on either side of the plate 5,and also that t e length between the free ends of the wires may beincreased or diminished by sliding said wires one upon the other, and,further, that said wires may be moved toward the right or left withoutsliding upon each other by simply sliding said wires in the notches 17.

It will still further be noted that the wires 18 and 19 may be detachedfrom the lugs 16 by springing the portions of the wires between the eyes20 and 21 apart or away from each other until said wires may bedisengaged from the notches 17, in which they rest, so that said wiresmay be easily detached from the lugs 16 if it is desired to pack thedevice for shipment.

In carrying my device into practical operation coats and vests may behu'n upon each of the coat-holders 1O 10 and pre erably trousers hungupon the horizontal wires 18 and 19 either by folding the trousers overthe wires 18 and 19 or by hanging them upon the hooks 22 and 23.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire by LettersPatent to secure, is

1. A clothes-hanger comprising a plate adapted to be fastened to astationary support, two lugs projecting forwardly from said plate andprovided in the top and bottom thereof with notches extendingtransversely thereacross, and two wires slidably connected one to theother engaging between their connectingpoints the notches in said lugs,said wires projecting laterally beyond said plate upon the oppositesides thereof and adapted to support a garment placed thereon.

one to the other engaging between their conheating-points the notches insaid lugs, said wires projecting laterally beyond said plate 10 uponopposite sides thereof and provided with hooks at their free endsadapted to sup port a garment placed thereon.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

ALFRED J. BUTLER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES S. GooniNe, ANNIE J. DAILEY.

